The Brookhaven leader., 1887-06-02
PlTH AND POINT.


The author who wrote There is
beauty in extreme old age" probably
never tackled an over-nursed egg
Chicago Merchant Traveller.
There are very few brass bands in
military parade that can play as
many airs as the drum-major puts on.
Shoe and Leather Reporter. ..-'.' ~
True happiness. my son, consists
in finding that you have paid So for an
article exactly like that for which your
friend had to pay three and quarter
the day before.
1t is but a step from the sublime to
the ridiculous; and the Sunday night
young man is apt to take it when her
father comes in impetuously at half
past eleven o clock. Of Educa-
ton.
-Smith-"That cough will get you
into trouble if you don't get rid of it "
Jones - How SOP" Smith You
bark so much the police will arrest
you for not having a dog license. "
Teras SJtings.
-Disgruntled people should hesitate
before they go in with a club to hit the
editor. The man who is all the time
putting heads on copy may possibly
have learned how to put head on an
unwelcome visitor & SomerviLLe Jour
naI
First Saleswoman-"Of all the ar
rogant, disagreeable people L ever
waited on that woman is the worst.
wonder who she is?" Second Sales
woman-"Why, that's Mrs. Chipp.
She used to tend at the same counter
with me before she was married -
It'd Bits.
Old Lawyer Ito young partner)-
"Did you draw up old Moneybags'
will?'' Young Partner-"Yes. sir, and
50 tight that all the relatives in the
world can not find flaw in it," Old
Lawyer with some disgusD-"The
next time there is a will to be drawn
I'll do it myself. "-Provtde1ce Iete-
gram. .-= a .s7.-.
-Clara---'Can it be, Dolly, that you
are to marry Mr.. Smith, after saying to
me so repeatedly that you could not
endure him?' Dolly-"The truth is.
Clara dear, that until l heard that his
aunt had died, leaving him a fortune,
l was deceived in my own feelings to-
ward him. ''-Harper's Bazar.
Omaha Dame-"Of all things! Mr..
Blank, the dry goods man. has bought
f,,1 hnncn tho ~
Omaha Man-'He can we'll afford to.
He is worth million" why, who
left it to himg' Nobody. He made
it in his business Il don't see how.
He's always selling goods below cos"
Omaha World.
Omaha Druggist-"That was a
strange blunder in Washington. wasn't
itT' Kansas Druggist-'1 didn't hear
of it, you didn't? Why, a promi-
nent druggiss there killed himself by
taking a drink of aconite in mistake
for whisky" We'll. he ought to have
known better than to keep drugs in
his stock "-On1ahd World.
1t Wasn't Her Fault
Daughter why don'fyou get married.
Don't get beyond your day,
And grow old and thin, with pointed chin
While the sun is out make hay.
Why. pa, I'm perfectly willing;
But what is a girl 10 do?
How was it when you got married.
Did ma pop the question to you!
Boston Record.
"A New Haven jeweler has brought
suit for $40, 900 damages against local
paper for charging him with using bad
grammar. If he wins his case, we
may expect to hear of all the amateur
poets and other newspaper writers.
who have their contributions rejected
because of loose grammar and bad
spelling, bringing suit against editors
for $4,000 damages. If the editor
has large circulation, it would be
cheaper to pay the $40, 600 than to in
sert some of the articles sent hin for
publication. NorristO,0n Herald ..